On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Lars Nordin<Lars_Nordin AT mcafee DOT com> 
wrote:
> I am running thru the bacula setup list from the Bacula manual and testing a
> two tape fill. The problem I have is that I get a fatal error.
>
> Here is the btape output with the error
> ...
> 09-Jun 18:15 btape JobId 0: 3304 Issuing autochanger "load slot 2, drive
> 0" command.
> 09-Jun 18:17 btape JobId 0: 3305 Autochanger "load slot 2, drive 0",
> status is OK.
> 09-Jun 18:17 btape: Fatal Error at dev.c:1705 because:
> dev.c:1704 Attempt to WEOF on non-appendable Volume
> Wrote Volume label for volume "TestVolume2".
> 09-Jun 18:17 btape JobId 0: Wrote label to prelabeled Volume "TestVolume2"
> on device "Drive0" (/dev/nst0)
>
> I have read that my tape drive, the WEOF settings and mtx-changer timeout all
> could affect this and I have tried some modifications.
>
> Here is my current setup:
>
> OS: Ubuntu Linux v.9.04
> Tape: Dell PowerVault 124T w/ LTO-2 drive (tape FW 1914 [latest])
>
> Here is the tape drive stanza from bacula-sd.conf
> Some of these settings may be wrong since I am transitioning bacula from a
> crashed FreeBSD box to Ubuntu Linux.
>
> Device {
>  Name = Drive0                      #
>  Media Type = dell-lto2
>  Archive Device = /dev/nst0
>  AutomaticMount = yes;               # when device opened, read it
>  AlwaysOpen = yes;
>  RemovableMedia = yes;
>  RandomAccess = no;
>  AutoChanger = yes;
>  Offline On Unmount = no
>  Hardware End of Medium = no
>  BSF at EOM = no
>  Backward Space Record = no
>  Fast Forward Space File = no
>  TWO EOF = no
> }
>
>
> Here are the settings from mtx-changer.conf
>
> offline=0
> offline_sleep=0
> load_sleep=30
> inventory=0
> vxa_packetloader=0
> debug_log=0
>

Try a load_sleep of 2 minutes.

John

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